Hi all,

This started a few weeks ago, and I'm out of ideas.

Backup Exec 10d for Windows (SP4)
HP Ultrium LTO2 tape drive.
Ultra320 SCSI adapter
Windows Server 2003 Standard SP2

A few weeks ago, the full backups on this server started failing (BE is actually running on this server, so it's backing itself up). The differentials run fine, but large jobs (the one that fails is 120 GB or more) fail every time now.

I get the following error every time:
Storage device "HP 2" reported an error on a request to write data to media.
Error reported:
Data error (cyclic redundancy check).
This could be caused by either a dirty tape drive, bad media, or a SCSI problem.
V-79-57344-34028 - Error reading/writing data from/to the media.

Bounced the server and the drive.  Tried rotating out old tapes and using brand new ones.  Ran several cleaning jobs.  Reinstalled the drivers. Restarted all BE services.

I'm thinking the tape drive is dying?  Any other ideas before I use it as a paper weight?

Thanks,
Chris